Description
In this exclusive CloudWorld interview, AWS General Manager of RDS Commercial Database Dominic Preuss breaks down the groundbreaking new AWS + Oracle multicloud partnership—a historic collaboration announced live on stage with Larry Ellison and Matt Garman. This conversation dives into how customers can now run Oracle Exadata Database workloads on OCI infrastructure inside AWS data centers, unlocking a unified, high-performance multicloud experience that enterprises have been asking for.
Dominic explains how this partnership simplifies migrating mission-critical Exadata workloads from on-premises to AWS, enables seamless data accessibility across OCI and AWS, and provides a powerful foundation for generative AI, analytics, ML, and zero-ETL pipelines using services like Amazon S3, AWS Glue, Amazon Redshift, and Amazon Bedrock.
What you’ll learn in this interview:
✔ Why AWS and Oracle are partnering to deliver OCI in AWS data centers
✔ How customers can now unify on-prem and cloud Exadata data inside AWS
✔ The challenges this solves for multicloud enterprises with deep OCI + AWS investments
✔ How the partnership enables frictionless data access, S3 backups, and zero-ETL analytics
✔ Why global enterprises—Best Buy, JPMorgan Chase, Vodafone, ExxonMobil, State Street—are immediately excited
✔ Timelines for private preview, GA availability, and expansion into new regions
✔ How this collaboration reduces latency, boosts performance, and accelerates innovation
Who benefits most?
This multicloud solution is designed for organizations that:
– Run Oracle Exadata or Oracle RAC at scale
– Standardize on AWS as their primary cloud
– Need unified data for AI, ML, and analytics
– Require high availability across global regions
– Operate mission-critical, latency-sensitive applications
Deployment Timeline
📌 Private Preview: End of this year
📌 Two Availability Zones: By year-end
📌 Additional U.S. Region + Europe Expansion: Next year
📌 General Availability (GA): Mid next year
As Dominic shares, global customers from Japan to India to Europe and the U.S. are already requesting availability in their regions—highlighting massive demand for a true hybrid multicloud Exadata experience.
Keywords
AWS Oracle partnership, OCI in AWS, Oracle Exadata on AWS, multicloud architecture, zero-ETL analytics, Exadata migration, Oracle database on AWS, CloudWorld 2024, Oracle AWS announcement, generative AI enterprise data, AWS Bedrock + Oracle, hybrid cloud Exadata, Oracle RAC in AWS
